Elises at Spa

[Englebert]

There's no point doing a race report, as it was a total disaster, but a few phots to enjoy instead!

 

[eo52vug]

Why what happened to make it a disaster? Car looks awesome though.

 

[Whiteley]

Please do, always a good read

 

[Ollie82.]

p**n. Utter utter filth. Love it!

 

[Brian172]

Love Elise's!!
Yum Yum Yum

 

[Englebert]

To cut a long story short, both cars did two races each. The Motorsport car didn't finish either, getting through two gearboxes in the process, and the Trophy car didn't finish the first race due to some German bell end hitting it. This photo probably best depicts the majority of the weekend!

 

[Christopher]

LOL.

Guttering.

 

[Gally]

I think I mentioned this in the last thread Rob but can't you make the cars reliable?

Sort of learn from your mistakes or is it just racing in general? I just get frustrated reading your write ups as you probably do that you can't make the car reliable.

Maybe my mind can't comprehend the logistics of it all.

 

[Englebert]

The problem is Quaife, maker of the worst gearboxes in the world. Other than that, the car has been fine by and large. We've decided we're not racing it any more until we have found a suitable Hewland replacement now though, as it's getting silly spending all this money every weekend to end up not racing.

 

[Gally]

I wasn't trying to have a go or anything but it's kinda frustrating.

Hope you're back up and running soon.

 

[Englebert]

NP, trust me, i am finding it just as frustrating and if i were an outsider the first question i would ask is "Why do you bother?" LOL.

 

[Christopher]

Aren't Hewland sequentials major coin?

 

[Englebert]

Yeah, twice the price of the Quaife. But the WTCC cars are going from Hewland to Xtrac so there should be a lot of second hand shizzle on the market soon!

Essentially we will be getting the same 'box that is on the NSX. We only went for Quaife originally because Hewland have quite long lead times. A mistake in hindsight!

 

[Alex H]

I've got a spare XR2 gearbox in the shed if you want to try that?

 

[Englebert]

LOL, probably better than the chocolate box we have at the moment.